white chocolate chunk cookies with orange zest and nutella

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let's pretend we are sitting indian style eating them together while they're still warm and gooey from the oven.

White Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Orange Zest and Nutella

adapted from Bill Yosses's chocolate chip cookie recipe in the Perfect Finish

some things about making these..i was going to add hazelnuts to the dough, but i didn't have any. if you have some, throw those in there. also. the difference between good white chocolate and not good white chocolate is major. make sure your white chocolate contains cocoa butter and is ivory not white! callebaut, valrhona, guittard, and lindt are all great kinds. even if you're one of those folk who "doesn't like" white chocolate, the good stuff is luxurious. use a bar and give it a rough chop. no chips! it makes all the difference. totes, man. 

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 stick butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/4 cup nutella

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 tsp vanilla

zest of 1 orange

8 oz white chocolate, chopped

4 oz bittersweet chocolate

sea salt for sprinkling

preheat oven to 375. line a few baking sheets with parchment. sift the flour, baking soda, salt. in a bowl with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars. add the nutella and beat until smooth. beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla and zest. gradually add the flour mixture on low speed until the dough comes together. stir in the chocolate pieces. drop heaping tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart on the cookie sheets, flatten them slightly, and sprinkle each with sea salt. 

bake until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.